Learning from the Studio
Photo: Filip Wolak
Learning from the Studio
‘The studio is an enlarged head. The images on the walls of the room and their movement stand in for the emergence and movement of thoughts in the head. The world is invited into the studio. There it is fragmented. The fragments are rearranged and sent back out into the world as a drawing, a performance, or a text.’—William Kentridge
On the occasion of the exhibition ‘William Kentridge. A Natural History of the Studio,’ the Learning from the Studio series offered free hands-on art-making opportunities exploring history, memory and transformation.
As part of this program series, Hauser & Wirth Learning launched a summer Engagement Residency program offering paid project-based, hands-on experience to a cohort of young adults interested in learning more about creative careers and community engagement.
Aligning with Hauser & Wirth Learning’s commitment to improving access to creative careers, participants in the Engagement Residency received professional development opportunities with gallery staff, and worked closely with the Learning team to propose, plan, support and evaluate public workshops inspired by ‘William Kentridge. A Natural History of the Studio.’
As part of our global Learning program, the series was produced in collaboration with ongoing partners including Culture For One, Free Arts NYC and Artistic Noise.
Mapping Identity
Drawing on William Kentridge’s method of transforming printed media, participants transformed maps into imaginative new cityscapes through collage.
Writing from the Studio
Attendees participated in an afternoon of creative writing inspired by the exhibition, writing their own creative narratives in response to works on view and guided prompts.
In the Making: Sculptures in Motion
Inspired by William Kentridge's sculptures and handmade animations, this hands-on workshop invited participants to build expressive figurines using only bendable wire and air-dry clay.
Alternate Self Portraits
In two workshops led by Artistic Noise Teaching Artists Samantha Cortez, Carlos Nuñez and Joseph Goodwin, participants used collage and drawing techniques to create object-based self-portraits inspired by the work of William Kentridge.
Black Out: Exploring Ink with the Works of William Kentridge
Teens were invited to explore painting with ink wash inspired by William Kentridge’s ‘Self Portrait as a Coffee Pot’ series.
About the exhibition
With ‘A Natural History of the Studio,’ his first exhibition with Hauser & Wirth in New York, renowned South African artist William Kentridge will present his acclaimed episodic film series ‘Self-Portrait as a Coffee-Pot’ with more than seventy works on paper integral to its creation and an array of sculptures at 542 West 22nd Street. This immersive exhibition is the first ever to present all the drawings from this filmic masterpiece, hailed by critics as a moving, witty and ultimately wondrous synthesis of the personal and the political, the individual and the universal. Spanning two floors of the gallery’s 22nd Street building, ‘A Natural History of the Studio’ also extends to the gallery’s 18th Street location with a concise survey of Kentridge’s printmaking practice.
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